My post today is about yesterday's Mavs-Lakers Game 4 match-up, with Mavs up 3-0. Let' start with the facts. Fact: Lakers are and have been a great team and franchise. Fact: Phil Jackson is one of the greatest coaches. Fact: Kobe is a legendary.
Fact: Mavs beat them by 36, 122-86. Mavs bench scored as much as the Lakers overall, 86. Mavs score 20 3-pointers, play-off record.
Opinion: What an embarrassment. i mean give me a break! If you won't try to comeback, then why the heck did you play at all? There was no point at all! They could of thrown in the towel and quit, saving themselves from the humiliation. They lacked everything: physicality (Artest, Laker's most physical man couldn't handle the smaller Barea), emotion (most Lakers showed no hustle, no will for a comeback) and intellect (Odom and Bynum got ejected for stupid moves). All there is for the Lakers now is the future, especially with the aging Gasol, Bryant and Jackson.
I don't watch a whole lot of basketball, but I enjoy following the Lakers, and I'm happy when they win. This season has been a complete embarrassment--I agree with your opinion--this last playoff game was a fitting end to a disappointing season.
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